Elderly Pakistani couple evacuated to Damascus from eastern Ghouta

An elderly Pakistani man and his wife were evacuated Syria’s Eastern Ghouta district via Russian-guarded security corridor after a humanitarian pause announced by Syrian government’s ally Russia came into effect on Tuesday.

The Red Crescent said on Thursday that Mohammad Fadhl Akram, 73, and his wife Saghran Bibi were evacuated to Damascus. But they had to leave his two sons, three daughters and 12 grandchildren behind, he told AFP in the Eastern Ghouta town of Douma before leaving.
“I hope God protects them,” said Akram, who wore a warm hat and sported a trimmed white beard. “I don’t want anything else.”
“An elderly Pakistani couple was evacuated on Wednesday afternoon from Eastern Ghouta,” a medical source with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said.
Eastern Ghouta has been occupied by CIA-trained, Saudi-funded takfiri terrorist groups for at least five years and Syrian government is trying to liberate the occupied district from the proxy forces. Qatar and Turkey also have their proxies in the area.